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| 1 | 1 | 89R15643 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lowe H.B. No. 4527 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the applicability to private schools of laws relating | |
| 10 | 10 | to the reporting to law enforcement of certain employee misconduct. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 38.0046 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 38.0046. APPLICABILITY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF CERTAIN | |
| 15 | 15 | MISCONDUCT REPORTING LAWS. A requirement in this code or any other | |
| 16 | 16 | law for a school district or the district's administrators or | |
| 17 | 17 | employees to report to law enforcement an alleged incident of | |
| 18 | 18 | misconduct by a district employee, including the requirement to | |
| 19 | 19 | report abuse or neglect of a child under Section 261.101, Family | |
| 20 | 20 | Code, applies to a private school in the same manner as if: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) the school were a school district; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) the school's administrators and employees were | |
| 23 | 23 | administrators and employees of a school district. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |